Breech - help please

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The past few days have been hellish for me. The baby has been flip-flopping constantly (enough to keep me awake at night) and yesterday I noticed that baby felt like they were head up (breech). I called my midwives and asked if this was normal at week 37 and they told me to come in immediately to get checked out. I went in and sure enough, baby is breech

She gave me a list of exercises to try and whenever I do them, it seems like the baby is trying to turn back but can't. I have an appointment scheduled today at 3:30pm with a chiropractor to attempt the Webster technique. I've never been to a chiropractor before. I really hope that this works and will update after I return. I also have another meeting with my midwife tomorrow afternoon to check on the baby. If this stuff (exercises and chiropractor) doesn't work, I'll have to go to the hospital and attempt an external version.

But....in the meantime, do any of you ladies have any advice on what else I can do at 37 weeks to get this baby to turn back to head down? Have any of you had previous breech babies that have turned last minute due to some technique you did? If so, what did you do?

Sorry for the length. I'm a bit freaked out right now. Baby has been head down for the past four months and for some reason, just decided to turn Thanks for listening.

If it makes you feel better, my older son was breech and flipped right around 38.5 weeks. I did not do anything to get him to flip, he just flipped. There are exercises you can do that can help the baby to flip. I hope it works! Good luck!

Reicher was breech till 35ish weeks. This little guy was breech even later. It took him a while to flip and when he did, he kept flopping back and forth lol. Was driving me crazy. I'm soo glad he's engaged now (only for about a week, though) and can't flip. That said, a breech baby is really nothing to be concerned about unless your care provider is unwilling to deliver a breech baby. If that's the case, you should ask to hold off on a cesarean until you are already in labor - giving the baby every possible chance to flip. Some breech babies will turn on their own in labor. And look up Optimal Fetal Positioning. You'll find many exercises that can help you turn baby. I've also heard of putting something really cold where baby's head is, and something warm down low to try and encourage baby to turn.

And last - If you care provider is willing to attempt a vaginal breech delivery, be sure he/she understands the SAFEST way for baby to be born vaginally in the breech position is for it to be as hands OFF as possible. Not pulling on baby or trying to twist him/her out. Most breech vaginal delivery stories I've read, mom knew exactly what to do when the time came and as long as people left her alone, she had no problems and neither did baby. I would read some Michel Odent about this, if I were you. (That's what I did when this little guy was flipping around). It made me feel so much more relaxed about his delivery.

Unfortunately, my midwives won't deliver a breech baby vaginally. Is there any resource out there with a listing of midwives in different states who WILL deliver a breech baby vaginally? I live in Colorado and from what I have read, it's not illegal to deliver a breech baby vaginally.

acupuncture (actually moxibustion) can help, but is best prior to 36 weeks, HOWEVER, if you baby is still flipping around in there, there is room to turn and I would give it a shot. The webster chiro is another good way.

I hope you do not have to have an external version, but I had a c-section and would do anything possible to avoid one. My baby turned breech during labor, well after my water broke, so anything is possible, and your baby can turn heads down.

since baby has been flipping around a lot I'd guess it still has enough room to flip back head down. If you can get him/her back to head down you might ask your midwives about belly binding to keep baby from flipping again...

All I know about are pelvic rocks and some ancient chinese method of burning a certain type of herb by one of your toes. Sounds crazy, but supposedly it works (sorry I can't be more specific about that one). Good luck!

I had the webster technique done when I was pregnant and when they apply pressure to a certain muscle it gives the baby more room to get comfortable for as long as they are applying pressure. I remember my son would wiggle like crazy and stretch out every time it was done. Babies love it. Hopefully it's beneficial for you and the chiropractor is able to get him to turn. Good luck!

PM me your email address, I will send you two awesome articles I have scanned from an old issue of Mothering magazine. One is a great one on the things you can do to get baby to turn yourself with good drawn diagrams for visuals. I can't post it on here because of copyright rules on JM. I will be home tomorrow evening (out of state right now) so I can send it to you by tomorrow night.

try not to panic too much, there is still time! Being proactive is the best line of defense. I would say if you can get in a pool try to be in there as much as possible aside from the exercises. Get on your back and float! I loved that when I was pregnant, it was such a relief to feel so light.

Now that I got this computer running a little better I can add some more. We are at my MIL's house and stuck in PC h#ll, I miss my iMac!

I agree with the PP that siad NOT to schedule a c-section, babies can and do turn at the last minute. Waiting until you go into labor will help you to know if the baby will turn, or if you do end up with a c-section it will give you peace of mind to know you did everything you could and not be as haunted by the surgery. I still wish I never had a c-section, but I know with the circumstances and Pat being a footling breech, following rupture of membranes, that there was really no other option. If I had known he was breech and tried everything to turn him. If i had just walked in a layed down to be cut, I know that years later I would have felt like I should have tried harder and at the very least waited until labor started naturally.

The day Evie flipped I had done my normal routine, which is slightly time consuming, but worth it IMO. I would start with the breech tilt, or inversion, butt piled up on a bunch of pillows, I worked up to doing it for about 15 minutes at a time. Then I would turn over on hands and knees and do the pelvic rocking (angry cat, saggin cow) which helps baby move around and opens up the pelvis and stretchees the uterus giving baby space. I would following that with the music in the pants and the massage described on the pregnany 101 site. Sometimes I would do the ice on the fundus. The day she turned I had done all that and then got in a pretty warm bath, when I went to sit up, I had been laying in the water so that my ears were unde the water and my belly was poking up, not attreactive, but it feels nice...lol. I may have even layed on my left side for a bit. When I went to sit up she flipped.

After I knew she had flipped I started doing all the things to help her engage, rocking on the ball, squats, etc. You don't want to do those things if the baby is breech because baby could engage butt first, not good! Don't sit in a recliner. If you sit on the couch either sit with feet on floor and leaning forward, or lay fully on your side with leg propped with a pillow between your legs. I think the spinningbabies site has more information on this with diagrams.

THis is probably information overlaod. But, it is worth it. I have experienced every type of birth, c-section, epidural, NCB, and medication free intervention filled with pitocin. The best was the two that I didn't have the epidural or other pain meds. It is worth it.

If youhave any questions I am here, the Queen of Breech...lol

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